PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Ahearn (ranked 2064 p4p, 2818 weight class) and Bruno Dukic (ranked 275 p4p, 361 weight class). Tobias Ahearn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ahearn
vs
Dukic

185 cm
23
181
7 - 5 - 1

169 cm
23
178
5 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tobias Ahearn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Dukic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dukic tries to clinch
and Ahearn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ahearn misses with a straight right.
Dukic wants to clinch up but Ahearn keeps it at a distance.
Ahearn misses with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dukic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Ahearn circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukic lands a glancing blow to the side of Ahearn's head.
Ahearn misses with a hook. Dukic ducked under it nicely.
Dukic drops his hands momentarily and Ahearn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn looks to score with a jab to the body but Dukic is just out of range.
Dukic thinks about the counter body kick.
Dukic moves in looking to clinch but Ahearn pushes him off.

Dukic pushes Ahearn up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dukic.
Dukic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dukic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn lands a hook that snaps the head of Dukic backwards.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
Dukic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dukic misses with some punches.
Ahearn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dukic throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn presses Dukic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dukic misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahearn.
Dukic throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahearn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahearn.
Dukic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn tries to throw a body punch but Dukic avoids it by throwing Ahearn back against the cage.

Dukic pulls guard successfully.
Ahearn will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahearn seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dukic is looking to stand up but Ahearn isn't so interested in that idea.
Dukic is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Dukic can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ahearn controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ahearn sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ahearn takes a swing at Dukic's ribcage but misses.
Ahearn takes a swing at Dukic's ribcage but misses.
Dukic wants to clinch
enabling Ahearn to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ahearn throws a body shot but no joy.
Dukic tries to close the distance and clinch but Ahearn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ahearn punishes Dukic's body with a nice straight punch.
Ahearn throws a body shot but no joy.
Dukic tries to close the distance and clinch but Ahearn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dukic cracks Ahearn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ahearn throws a series of punches but Dukic moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ahearn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dukic was well out of range. Poor timing from Ahearn.
Ahearn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dukic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Ahearn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ahearn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dukic.
Dukic wants to clinch up but Ahearn keeps it at a distance.
Ahearn misses the jab.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Ahearn circles away.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahearn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ahearn works the jab nicely.

It looks like Bruno Dukic has been cut.
Dukic moves to clinch but Ahearn breaks away
and Ahearn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ahearn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dukic can do to turn this around?
Ahearn misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukic tries to close the distance and clinch but Ahearn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A lazy left from Dukic finds it's target.
Dukic doesn't manage to clinch there - Ahearn circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Ahearn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dukic moves in looking to clinch but Ahearn pushes him off.
Ahearn scores with a nice strike.
Ahearn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dukic was well out of range. Poor timing from Ahearn.
Ahearn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ahearn lands with an uppercut that bounces Dukic off the cage and back into range.
Dukic throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Ahearn counter with a right hand.

Dukic is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Dukic counter with a right hand.
Ahearn misses with a hook to the body
and Dukic counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Dukic moves into range and clinches up with Ahearn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dukic lands with a short shot to the head.
Dukic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dukic looking to throw knees to the head but Ahearn is blocking nicely.
Ahearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahearn lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dukic fails to land.
Dukic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dukic working aggressively here.
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Dukic.
Dukic misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruno Dukic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, Ahearn scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dukic.
Ahearn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ahearn as Dukic tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ahearn.
Ahearn scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dukic.
Dukic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ahearn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dukic.
Ahearn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Bruno Dukic's cut even more.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ahearn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dukic tries to stall but Ahearn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
Ahearn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dukic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dukic swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Ahearn.
Dukic is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahearn finish him?
Ahearn misses with some punches.
Dukic seems to have recovered his senses.
Dukic scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ahearn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dukic backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dukic fails to land.
Ahearn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ahearn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ahearn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dukic backwards.
Ahearn gets through Dukic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dukic working aggressively here.
Dukic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dukic lands a knee to the head.
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
Ahearn working aggressively here.
Dukic swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ahearn.
A head punch on the inside from Dukic fails to land.
Ahearn gets through Dukic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dukic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Ahearn.
A left hand lands to the body for Ahearn.
Dukic is breathing heavily.
Ahearn pushes Dukic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahearn lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dukic fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Ahearn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Dukic's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ahearn drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Dukic right on the button. Dukic goes down! Ahearn follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ahearn gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tobias Ahearn!